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- 1Most data centers refuse to disclose water and electricity use▼Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use
A report from the Netherlands finds that most data centers are refusing to disclose how much water and electricity they consume, raising concerns about the industry's environmental footprint at a time of rapid growth driven by cloud computing and AI. Operators cite commercial confidentiality, but critics and policymakers are calling for mandatory transparency rules on resource use.
- 2Amazon Plans to Sell Nvidia Chips Then Rent Them Back●Amazon Wants to Sell Its Nvidia Chips and Rent Them Back. Here’s Why
Amazon is reportedly exploring a plan to sell its Nvidia AI chips and then rent them back, a financing arrangement that would let the company recover cash from expensive hardware while still using it to power its cloud services. The move highlights how costly the AI infrastructure buildout has become, with tech giants spending billions on GPUs and looking for creative ways to fund it.
- 319-year-old raises $11 million for personal AI computer startup Ghost●At 19, founder raises $11 million for Ghost, maker of a $3,499 computer for personal AI https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/0
Ghost, a startup founded by a 19-year-old entrepreneur, has raised $11 million to build a $3,499 computer designed to run a person's own private AI. The young founder's age and the premium hardware price are drawing attention in the startup and AI hardware community, with observers weighing whether personal AI machines can compete with cloud-based assistants and existing devices.
- 4AI cloud startup Verda raises $189m Series B●AI cloud startup Verda raises $189m in Series B funding round
Verda, a startup offering cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads, has raised $189 million in a Series B funding round. The raise, reported by data centre and venture publications, points to continued investor appetite for companies providing the computing capacity needed to run and train AI models. No details on the investors or valuation were included in the reports.